Newcastle put in a great display tonight at St. James Park and moved a giant step towards Champions League qualification with an excellent 4-1 win over high-flying Brighton.
Brighton weren’t the team that mauled Arsenal 3-0 over the weekend, but this Newcastle team were determined tonight and the urge to win this game was there for all to see.
First half goals from Deniz Undav (own goal – 22 mins) and a towering header from Dan Burn 4 minutes into first half stoppage time saw the home side 2-0 up at the half.
But then Undav scored after 51 minutes – this time for Brighton – to make it a nervy 2-1.
That was before Callum Wilson after 89 minutes scored his 18th goal of the season having been set up by Almiron and then Callum set up Bruno Guimaraes within a couple of minutes to make the score a good 4-1 for Newcastle United.
The win brings our goal difference to +35 which is currently 7 better than Liverpool and 25 better than Manchester United.
A win against Leicester City on Monday night will assure Newcastle a first Champions League place since Sir Bobby Robson was manager back in the 2003-2004 season.
The crowd was a very good 52,122 and boy there will be some celebrating before many fans arrive home tonight.
Here’s how the league table stands after today’s game.
| Club | Matches | Goal Diff. | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man City | 38 | 61 | 89 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 45 | 84 |
| 3 | Man United | 38 | 15 | 75 |
| 4 | Newcastle | 38 | 35 | 71 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 38 | 28 | 67 |
| 6 | Brighton | 38 | 19 | 62 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 38 | 5 | 61 |
| 8 | Tottenham | 38 | 7 | 60 |
| 9 | Brentford | 38 | 12 | 59 |
| 10 | Fulham | 38 | 2 | 52 |
Eddie Howe must be Premier League manager of the year.
Loading ...Howay The Bonnie Lads!!
49 comments so far
check the toastie
May 18, 2023 at 10:29 PM
Comment #1Eddie is king
Toon Fans Good
May 18, 2023 at 10:29 PM
Comment #2Very good very good
coming home
May 18, 2023 at 10:29 PM
Comment #3Miggy did have a tremendous game but I think Tripps was MoM as he has a amazing all round game his brain is fast as fcuk and thinks 2 steps a head
check the toastie
May 18, 2023 at 10:31 PM
Comment #4Back the team you fannies. You know who you are.
Best team forever and fans whinging before, during and pretty much after the game.
Hang yer heads.
King Eddie is god.
ToonDarnSarf
May 18, 2023 at 10:31 PM
Comment #5I also think that’s me promoted to div 1 in FPL. 🙂 Taco, I can still catch you!
I think that’s the top 5 decided in div 2 if my maths is correct…it’s just a matter of the order. In theory I can be caught by 6th but I’ve got way more overall points so I can’t be overtaken.
IrishRob
May 18, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Comment #6Champions league HERE WE COME!!!!!!
Toon Fans Good
May 18, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Comment #7Chiesa is soo bad this season think he’s lost it after acl can’t do nothing
ToonDarnSarf
May 18, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Comment #8Novo – I really don’t see why I’m out of order when there were a bunch of miserable sods on here during a match totally ruining the experience for the rest of us. I may as well have joined a mackem blog during the match for all of the negativity coming from that lot. I have the right to say that those lot ruin this blog for many of us in terms of being on here during a match.
It’s a free world so they’re entitled to do it if they want to but I’m entitled to think they’re miserable c**ts too. Did you read what they wrote??
Raj of Hailsley
May 18, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Comment #9HWTL
check the toastie
May 18, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Comment #10Botman is unreal
What a player
Toon Fans Good
May 18, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Comment #11Can villa do it at Anfield. Just a draw but they need a win if they want Europe
carltoon
May 18, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Comment #12Well done my team, from a very cold Austria,
Strazberg,
Manage to see bits of the first half, but had to rely on twitter and the blog for the rest of the game.
check the toastie
May 18, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Comment #13TDS – totally agree, posters during a game might as well be mackems. Irish Rob is a ‘supporter’. Welli he is. Mackem
phy
May 18, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Comment #14Tuesday – Sunderland miss out in the playoffs
Wednesday – Boro miss out in the playoffs
Thursday- toon make it 1 victory from champions league.
Carlsberg don’t do football weeks ….
IrishRob
May 18, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Comment #15Cry more Ckeck I simply couldn’t give a monkeys what you think. Sincerely!!!
I am who I am amd ill have the outlook on matches I choose to have abd you or anyone else will NEVER tell me otherwise.
The absolute cheek of you to talk to me like that. You’re insignificant to me ya piss stain
Munster Mag
May 18, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Comment #16Jail, were u there? Incredible game 🙂
Bigjim67
May 18, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Comment #17TDS
Agree with you 100%, it’s a slog reading some of the posts, especially as i believe there’s a few mackems posting.
Spoils it for me too, it’s the reason i didn’t post during the game, only before, halftime and after.
carltoon
May 18, 2023 at 10:39 PM
Comment #18It certainly didn’t spoil my night,
coming home
May 18, 2023 at 10:39 PM
Comment #19Gorra agree with TDS on his last post
Munster Mag
May 18, 2023 at 10:39 PM
Comment #20We cud do with Fenners giving it the large one 🙂
sparky55
May 18, 2023 at 10:39 PM
Comment #21Seems they do!
Toonces
May 18, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Comment #22Great effort. Great win. Good first half. Spotty in the second. Not perfect but we were the better team on the day over the balance of the match.
Howay the Lads!
Uncertain Toon
May 18, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Comment #23Dr Ed smashes a post match thread out. Like a shot of adrenalin big man, nice one. Thumbsupemojithingy!
sparky55
May 18, 2023 at 10:42 PM
Comment #24Carlsberg got this!
IrishRob
May 18, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Comment #25I guarantee you there’s 5-6 of them all on their WhatsApp trying to come up with ways to get their desired reactions, absolute sad dildos the lot of them.
ToonDarnSarf
May 18, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Comment #26Bigjim67 – be nice to enjoy the match experience here in the same way as the fans at the stadium or in the pub with friends wouldn’t it?
Nerves are understandable, as are being concerned about the performance of certain players.
But people should think about it this way, if we were all in a pub together watching the game, would they say the same stuff?
AnyToon in Indiana
May 18, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Comment #27How’s that holiday going Carltoon? 🙂
Bigjim67
May 18, 2023 at 10:44 PM
Comment #28TDS
Not to people’s faces I’ll wager
Uncertain Toon
May 18, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Comment #29Phy,
Yeah, I said Tuesday night it had the makings of a very good week them some irk called me a mackem 😆
sparky55
May 18, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Comment #30Right lads…subject to me gout doing one I’m on the scrounge for a ticket on Monday!
Harley
May 18, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Comment #31Raj
I told you earlier. We’ve got this!!!!
coming home
May 18, 2023 at 10:46 PM
Comment #32Irob
The cnuts don’t invite me to WhatsApp groups and I love the Irish but fcuk man your a right bag of shite on match days
Regan
May 18, 2023 at 10:46 PM
Comment #33If my grandson plays on Monday..
I hope he’s shit..
Dan burn to put him over the east stand..
sparky55
May 18, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Comment #34Regan…pmsl
ToonDarnSarf
May 18, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Comment #35Bigjim67 – that’s my thinking too mate. If we were in a Newcastle pub watching a Toon game and people were going on like that, I don’t think they’d last long. They’d be “escorted” out!
IrishRob
May 18, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Comment #36Pems lads, pens
Uncertain Toon
May 18, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Comment #37Sparky,
Hope you get a ticket pal, wor Jail might be able to do something maybe. The old rabbit from that hat routine, he’s got the ability.
IrishRob
May 18, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Comment #38And I’ll continue to be, its who I am and its not my problem its yours.
check the toastie
May 18, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Comment #39I have been known to piss meeself but im not a mackem like irish rob.
check the toastie
May 18, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Comment #40Sorry Irish Nob